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...mails flew last week when the infamous bloggers of www.ivygateblog.com, breakers of the jerk-heard-round-the-world story of Yale student/Tai Chi Chuan Master Aleksey Vayner, revealed their identities. This week, FM catches up with online journalism’s latest princes, Columbia grads J. Chris Beam and Nick Summers.1.Fifteen Minutes: What unique attributes make your blog “the” Ivy Blog, and would you say that you guys piggybacked on the Ivy blog craze? Chris Beam: We were first, there was nobody else. If anything, we’d like to consider ourselves...
Directed by Chuan Lu Columbia Pictures 5 stars Stillness and grit pervade Kekexili, the “last virgin wilderness in China,” a freezing, barren wasteland where comradeships are tested and the human spirit dies. “Mountain Patrol: Kekexili” discusses in disturbing yet beautiful terms the human heart’s simultaneous capacities for selfless kindness and selfish evil. In “Kekexili,” no one is innocent, and no one is guilty. Everyone bears responsibility for the destruction of man and nature. Director Chuan Lu’s touching...
...earth. Guests thus enjoy the best of both worlds: five-star luxury within, and the "real Hong Kong" outside. In a trice, you can go from strolling through raucous street markets to being back at the hotel and lapping up its creature comforts. Chief among these are the Chuan Spa (with its 360-degree city views) and the impressive guest-room technology (including wireless, Internet-enabled phones). If you're looking for somewhere luxurious but original to rest your head, you could hardly do better...
...earth. Guests thus enjoy the best of both worlds: five-star luxury within, and the "real Hong Kong" outside. In a trice, you can go from strolling through raucous street markets to being back at the hotel and lapping up its creature comforts. Chief among these are the Chuan Spa (with its 360-degree city views) and the impressive guest-room technology (including wireless, Internet-enabled phones). If you're looking for somewhere luxurious but original to rest your head, you could hardly do better...
...Chinese bomb factories rarely die. They just become car plants. At least that's what has happened at Qin Chuan in the northern city of Xi'an. The aging state-owned enterprise, which a decade ago made 130-mm artillery shells, now houses assembly lines that stamp out a boxy four-door hatchback called the Flyer. It built just 17,000 vehicles last year; many of the underpowered and unattractive cars were bought by local taxi companies on the order of provincial officials looking for a captive market. But even that didn't dismay factory managers trying to cash...